Digital Citizenship

Summary of Lakeside’s Computer User Agreement

2020-21

Guiding Principle: Lakeside’s technological resources are dedicated to further the school’s mission and to serve the educational pursuits of the school community – its students, faculty, and staff.

The principle to always keep in mind: Each member of the Lakeside community is expected to act in ways that show consideration and respect for other people and, by that behavior, enhance an open atmosphere of trust and honesty.

Integrity, Inclusion and Consideration

The Middle School Community and Your Use of Technology

General Expectations:

•Lakeside email used primarily for academic work

•All users are courteous, respectful and discreet

•Using the network to exchange or store pirated software, unlawful information, or other protected material (music, movies, media) in any file format is PROHIBITED.

•Do not bring viruses, malware or spyware onto the network

•Lakeside filters access to the internet based on content

User Responsibilities:

•Check email at least once a day

•Do not send or reply to abusive, offensive, or objectionable email

•Keep passwords confidential

•Monitor and reject any inappropriate or unacceptable online material

•Do not disclose personal info about yourself or anyone else including full name, address, phone, or photos

•All copyrighted material must be fully and properly cited

Using Your Lakeside E-mail Account

Whether using Lakeside e-mail on campus, from home, or from elsewhere, the expectation is always that your use of Lakeside e-mail is to further your work in the classroom and to complete projects and assignments.

Possible examples of abuse of the school e-mail system include:

• Mass or spam e-mails (sending out a note to one or multiple recipients that is basically meaningless)

• Using school e-mail as if it’s an IM (instant messaging) service and chatting about non-school-related subjects

• Forwarding chain mail to anyone (chain mail often claims a worthy cause and asks you to forward the message to a bunch of your friends; the causes are often not legitimate. Please do not use Lakeside’s e-mail system to promote chain mail requests.)

• Sending disrespectful or unkind messages to anyone